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Article #188Re: ISO 10646 and Unicode
From: Chris Kern
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 1991 15:31
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 1991 15:31
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It is obvious to us, as a major consumer of office automation in multiple languages, that anything short of Unicode (or something of its ilk) is just a short-term expedient -- and not a particularly desirable one, at that. In the long run, widespread acceptance of an eight-bit standard actually will retard progress toward the free interchange of text, since it is certain to be more difficult to persuade the industry to adopt two standards -- an interim eight-bit one followed by a permanent 16-bit standard -- than it would be to make a single, clean break. -- Chris Kern ck@voa3.voa.gov ...uunet!voa3!ck +1 202-619-2020
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!hybrid!scifi!bywater!uunet!voa3!ck From: ck@voa3.VOA.GOV (Chris Kern) Newsgroups: comp.std.internat Subject: Re: ISO 10646 and Unicode Message-ID: <1991Jan9.153115.7110@voa3.VOA.GOV> Date: 9 Jan 91 15:31:15 GMT References: <00941D67.9F327C20@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu> <2346@enea.se> <MASINTER.91Jan8173143@origami.parc.xerox.com> Organization: Voice of America, Washington, D.C. Lines: 12